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I was pleased to see this magazine cover in the checkout line at the grocery store. As a physical therapist, I’ve spent nearly twenty years trying to help people, and what I’ve learned is that the tools they need are often already within reach, but they’re dismissed because they look too simple and demand sustained effort.
Competing voices in the marketplace of treatment options promise quick, easy, and effortless results, and those promises drown out what is actually effective. When one of these too-good-to-be-true options fails, another is tried, and then another. They rarely pan out.
Months or even years later, I often see the same people again…frustrated, discouraged, and thousands of dollars poorer, and feeling as though nothing works. What’s worse is the time that’s been lost. At that point, desperation narrows their choices, and the next step becomes a home run attempt: surgery. Or they give up altogether.
Either way, it’s unfortunate, and I see it often. This is why a magazine cover like this matters. The most powerful levers for health are not flashy or novel. They’re simple, unglamorous, and effective, but only if we’re willing to stay with them long enough.
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